Friday, December 13, 2019

December 13


You wrote your Paper 1 today on Case Study 2 (German and Italian Expansionism) today in class. Next week, we'll cover the course of WWII in the Asia Pacific theatre, and the effects of the Second World War.


We finished watching "Snowden" today in class. On Monday, December 16th you will be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.




Your Unit 3 Final Exam will be on Monday, December 16th. Please study the following material:
  • make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
  • study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below) 
  • study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets 
  • "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation) 
Review the following notes/packages:
  • Democratic Systems 
  • Non-Democratic Systems 
  • types of dictatorships techniques of dictatorships 
  • Civil Rights Movement 
  • authoritarian systems (China notes) 
  • review the economic and political spectrum (again!) 
  • re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act) 
  • FLQ Crisis 1970 
Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people: 
  • assimilation 
  • self-interest 
  • humanitarianism 
  • Indian Act 
  • residential school system 
  • enfranchisement 
  • the White Paper 
  • the Red Paper 
  • “war on terror" 
  • authoritarianism 
  • consensus decision-making 
  • direct democracy 
  • military dictatorship 
  • oligarchy 
  • one-party state 
  • party solidarity 
  • representation by population 
  • proportional representation 
  • representative democracy 
  • responsible government 
  • democracy 
  • single-member constituency (first past the post) 
  • the Senate 
  • the House of Commons 
  • the House of Representatives 
  • the Senate (USA)
  •  mixed-member proportional system
  • lobby groups 
  • American Bill of Rights 
  • Anti-Terrorism Act 
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 
  • emergency and security legislation 
  • illiberal 
  • language legislation Bill 101 Bill 178 Bill 86 
  • Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 
  • respect for law and order 
  • terrorism 
  • rendition 
  • the War Measures Act 
  • enemy aliens 
  • internment 
  • the Emergencies Act 
  • USA PATRIOT Act 
  • consumerism 
  • environmental change 
  • extremism 
  • pandemics 
  • postmodernism 
  • global warming 
  • Kyoto Protocol 
  • World Health Organization (WHO) 
  • drought


I finished off the lecture on "Internationalism and Nationalism" today. I also gave you the Unit 3 essay question sheet, and you had some time to brainstorm argumentation and evidence for this essay. You're writing the Unit 3 WRA II position paper on Monday, December 16th. You're writing the Unit 3 Final Exam on Wednesday, December 18th, please see the study guide below.


Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations:
  • "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
  • "Canada's Foreign Policy"
  • "Nationalism and Internationalism"
Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:
  • know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
  • know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
  • know the different foreign policy options
  • know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
  • what influences foreign policy decisions?
  • methods of foreign policy
  • motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
  • how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
  • tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
  • examples of INGOs and IGOs
  • the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
  • peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
  • different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
  • why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples

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